Barber&#39;s cabinet.



R. A. GRIEVE. BARBBRS CABINET. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. 1909.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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UNITEDsTATps PALEENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. GRIEYE, F KEARNEY, NE'BBASKA.

BARBEBS CABINET.

11) all whom it may concern:

"Be it known that l, Ronnu'r A, Glunvn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kearney, in the county of Bnflalo and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and detail view illustrating the strop handle holder.

In the embodnnent of my invention, as

shown, 1 provide a cabinet comprising spaced side walls 1 and 2, having their upper edges forwardly downwardly stepped, and connected by means of a top plate or wall 3, conforming to the said upper edges whereby to form shelves 4, 5 and (5 for the reception of tonics, waters, cosmetics, and a comb and brushes, the shelf 5, having a series of circular bpenings 7, for the reception of cosmetic jars to be set down therein.

The top plate or wall 3, at its lower forward edge, isprovided wit-h a downturned ledge 33, extending dowmvardly between the vforward edges of the side walls 1 and 2.

The lower straight horizontal edges of the side walls 1 and 2 are conne eted by a lower wall or base )late 3. having an upturned ledge 8 at its frontedge. The rear edges of the top and bottom walls 3 and 8, and side walls 1 and 2, are suitably secured to a rear wall 9, extending sidewise beyond said side walls. whereby to support, between its extending portions and said walls, superposed bracket dates 10 and 11, the lower-plates 10 of whic are flat for the recept-ioii of hair clippers and such articles, while the upper dates are formed in vertically offset porlions constituting shelves 12 and 13 supplemental to, and having the same functions as. shelves 4, 5 and 6.

Secured to the "*'outer surface of the side wall 1, is a bracket 14, tapering rearwardly beneath the lower bracket plate 10 thereof,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 4, 1909. Serial No, 470,675.

Patented Sept .21, 1909- and forming a housing for the reception of scissors. A similar housing 14, may, if it be deemed expedient, be secured u'ponthe outer surface of the op osite side wall 2.

Mounted to slide horizontally within the side Walls 1 and 2, entering between the vertical front edges thereof, are supported drawers 15 and 16, the upper, one 15 of which is relatively small, being adapted for the reception of razors, and being provided with a vertically swinging coverdx hinged along the lower forward. edge of the top )late or wall 3. The lower drawer 16 111-.

)odies an upper tray 18, having a plurality 7 of cupshaped receptacles 19, for the reception of coins, and carrying therein below said tray, a paper roll 2.0, discharging its paper, for use in shavin thron 11 a discharge mouth 21 in the rent wai drawer. The drawer 16 is provided upon the outer surface of its rearwall 2'2, with a bracket 23, in which is secured the rear end of a retractile coil spring 24, extending forwardly alon the base of said drawer and so secured at its orward end to a screw plug 25, adjustably mounted through the upturned ledge '8 'of the base plate 8. In its closed position, the drawer 16 stretches spring 24 and is secured by a horizontal latch bar 26, intermediatcly pivoted upon a stationary bracket 27, and provided rearwardly of its'pivot with a downwardly projecting latch piece 28 to engage the above mentioned wall 22, as clearlv shown in Fig.

2. The rear end of said latch bar is connected to the rear wall 9, by means of a re'. tractile spring 29 serving to pull down-, wardly upon said latch bar end at all times.

while the forward end thereof is pivotaltv secured to the lower end of a vertically depressible operating rod 30, having its ottsctheaded upper end 31, project .g forward through a verticallyelongated slot 32, in the top plate be clear.

Mounted upon a shaft 33, extending between the side walls'l and 2 are one or more reels 34, each controlled by a spring 35.

and having razor strops 36 wound tliereabout, which strops extend outwardly through openings in the downturned ledge 39 of the top plate or wall 3, and are provided, upon their outer ends with handles 37 having circular peripheral grooves 38,

and connected to said strops to swing side'-v wise with relation thereto. The side walls l of said 5 or wall 3. The operation will thus 100 openings through which the strops 36 pass,

With spaced I OIWVHI'dly projecting spring fingers 39, secured thereto by a rivet, screw, or the like 40, and designed to receive and hold the strophandles 37, by engagement with their grooves 38, when said handles have been swung sidewise, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The strops 36, in their length,

pass beneath and against rollers 41, jour-,

naled to rotate in brackets 42, depending from, and secured to, a portion 43 of the top plate or wall 23, forming a supplemental base beneath the shelf 5, on which .the cosmetic {are may rest, and to which portion 43 is a so secured the pivot bracket 27 of the latch bares. Having" fully described my invention, I claim: 7

'1. In a barbers cabinet, thecombination of sidewalls having stepped upper edges, and atop wall extending between the said upper edges and conforming to the stepped relation thereof, to form shelves, and provvided in one of said shelves, with openings for the reception of cosmetic jars, said top' wall having a portion extending below said last named shelf to form a rest for the said jars, substantially as described.

2. In a barbers cabinet, the combination I of spaced side walls, a top wall connecting the upper edges of said side walls and provided with a forward down-turned ledge, having slotted openings therein, a drawer slidably mounted between said side walls, a shaft extending between said side walls, spring controlled reels mounted on said shaft, and strops wound upon said reels and extending through said ledge openings above said drawer and provided with exterior handles, substantially as described.

3. In-a barbers cabinet, the combination of spaced side walls, a top wall, connecting the upper edges of said side walls and provided with a forward down-turned ledge, having slotted openings therein, a drawer slidably mounted between said side walls,

a shaft extending between said side walls, spring controlled reels mounted on said shaft, and spring clips carried by said side walls to hold said handles out of the path of movement of saiddrawer, substantially .as described.

4. A barbers cabinet comprising spaced side walls having their 11 per edges stepped for wardly and downward a top connecting said upper edges of said side walls, and conforming thereto to provide shelves, a bottom Wall connecting the lower edges of said side walls, a rear wall connectingsaid top and bottom walls, and said side walls, and extending sidewise beyond the latter, superposed braekets forming shelves, secured between said side walls and said rear walls, a bracket secured to one of said side walls, forming a housing for scissors; and super posed drawers slidable' between said side walls, one of said drawers embodying a coin tray, and a shaving paper magazine below said tray, and having a discharge mouth for e the paper from said magazine, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT A. eiu'iivn.

IV itnesses:

D. I}. PARKER, L. A. Konrrn. 

